Call me a heretic, but...

karen61990
Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:08:59 +0000

My brother taught at UCLA for 2 years and told me his students were only average. He saw nothing different in them from any other state university (I think he was mainly comparing it to Rutgers and other lesser known state schools in nj cause that’s all he knows) despite UCLA’s prestige and statistics. At the end of the conversation though he said the one thing he didn’t like about his students was that they were very good at memorizing and taking tests but they were very bad at formulating their own opinions and voicing them. Now he was teaching film classes so wouldn’t that skill be what is most sought after? There’s no creativity in memorizing and book skills. Due to his testimony I decided not to apply to UCLA and furthermore not value UC’s as much as some people on this website.

That’s just my brother’s and my own opinion though. Please, no one murder me for saying this.